Solo-weddings have been in existence for a while now, .... and the City fans will recall the episode in which main character Carrie Bradshaw decides to marry herself in an act of self-loving rebellion. Grace Gelder, a British photographer, famously married herself in 2014, but it wasn’t until 2016 that the popularity of the self-love ring really took off, with many women heading to the jewellery store to cement their commitment to themselves. It isn’t known what exactly sparked the trend to take off, but it could be due to a combination of these things: